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WALKED OUT WITH 14 $100 BILLS
Police: Couple charged in bank robbery went on shopping spree with stolen cash
By KELSEY RETTKE krettke@shawmedia.com
SYCAMORE -Acouple with criminal history in the area faces new charges after Sycamore police said the manand woman robbed aHeartland Bank in earlyMarchand stole $1,400 beforedriving to Cortland and Dixon to buyitems from gas stations anda liquor storewith $100 bills.
Kevin J. Hagemeier,25, of the 300 block of Delcy Drive in DeKalb and hisgirlfriend, AshleyN.Zick,26, of the 600 block of South Cross Street in Sycamore are eachcharged withaggravated robbery. If convicted of the Class 1felony, the pair faces up to 15 yearsinjail
Bothwere being held at the jailona $50,000 bond from arrest warrants obtained by Sycamore police for the bank robbery, according to aWednesdaymorningnews releasefromthe SycamorePoliceDepartment.
It’s not the first time Hagemier has been accused of robbery in DeKalb County, accordingtocourt records
According to court records, Hagemeier has been held in custody at the DeKalb CountyJailsince March 3after aDeKalb arrest for aFeb.27aggravated robbery at Jimmy John’s, 850 Pappas Drive in DeKalb. The case remains ongoing.
Zick also has criminal history in DeKalbCounty, accordingtorecords. Zick and her former fiancé, Thomas Broughton, were charged in a2017 attack where they were accusedof coercing a19-year-old woman to their Sycamore apartment,tyingher to abed and raping hermultiple times.
Originallyset to go to trial on charges of aggravated criminalsexualabuse, criminal sexual assault and unlawful restraint, Zick pleaded guilty Sept. 24, 2020, to unlawful restraint. According to records, shedid notentera plea for thesex charges.
DeKalbCounty Judge Philip Montgomery sentenced Zick to 30 months probation, according to court records. Broughton pleadedguiltytocriminal sexual assault Oct. 18, 2019, and was sentenced by Montgomery to eight years in theIllinois DepartmentofCorrections
Zick, who appeared virtually from thejailfor abondhearingWednesday in front of Montgomery, was on probation at the time of her bank robbery arrest. She was represented by the DeKalb County Public Defender’s Office during thehearing.
“I’m, in aprofessional sense, intimately familiar with Ms. Zick,” Montgomery said, citing her previous criminalrecord. “Pretrial services is unable to provide reasonable assurances of the defendant’s future compliance withconditionsofbail.”
Montgomery ordered the bond amount as it was set in the arrest warrant. Zick would have to post $5,000 to be released fromjail.
Montgomery suggestedshe could qualify in thefuture for DeKalb County’s treatment court program, which enters thosecharged with anon-violent crime into court-mandateddrug, alcohol or mental healthtreatment as an alternative to traditional court proceedings.
Hagemeier,who also was representedbythe publicdefender’s office duringabond hearing Wednesday, also will remaininjail. Montgomeryruled Hagemeier’s bond remain at $50,000, with $5,000 needed to be posted for release.
Robberyrecords
According to DeKalb County court records, Zick is accused of driving the pair in asilver 2005 Honda Accord to HeartlandBank and Trust at 124 S. Main St. in downtown Sycamore about
2p.m. March 2. Hagemeie ri s accused of walking intothe bank with a note that demanded $1,400and threatened violencewith agun
At the time the bank robbery was reported,Sycamore police said they didn’t know if the man actually had a weapononhim.

According to police reports and court records, investigators used video surveillance footage from several countywide houses, businesses andtollwayrecords, testimonyfrominterviews and Zick and Hagemeier’s cellphone to compile anarrativeofthe robbery
Hagemeier allegedly entered the bank through the south door at 2:01 p.m.thatday, wearingall black with an ace bandage-style face covering, andgavethe notetothe bank teller, accordingtocourt records.Bank staff handed over the $1,400,all in $100 bills. Hagemeierthen left through the same door
Hagemeierand Zickmet withDeKalb police at the DeKalbPolice Department the following day related to the Jimmy John’s robbery, according to records, whereHagemeier allegedlyworea similar style face covering.
Afterlearning therewere similarities in bothrobberies, Sycamore police came to DeKalb to interviewZick also
March 3, according to court records. Zick reportedly told officers she had driventothe bankthe day before,and parked her car in theparkinglot while Hagemeier went inside to rob theplace Zickreportedly toldpolice she left with him shortly afterand drove them to Casey’s General Store in Cortland, the Melrose Park area and Dixon before returning to DeKalb on March 3, records show.
Video surveillance showed Zick’s car in the bank parking lot before and after the robbery, court records allege. Sycamorepolicesearchedthe caratthe DeKalb Police Department on March 3and reportedly found $704 in the passenger side door pocket.
Surveillance showedHagemeier entering the Casey’sat70S.Somonauk RoadinCortland about 2:13 p.m., where he boughtfuel,cigarettes and food with a$100 bill, recordsallege.About 8:43 p.m. that evening, Hagemeier entered HometownPantry &Liquors at 110 E. Seventh St.inDixon where he allegedly bought alcohol with another $100 andasked forchange.
At 11:32 p.m. that night, Hagemeier and Zickenteredthe Citgo gasstation at 502 W. Third St. in Dixon to buyfuel and food, also witha $100 bill,records show, citing policereportsonvideo surveillance
According to Sycamore police, Hagemeier’s phone also showed messages afterthe robbery related to drug transactions,whichZick allegedlytoldpolice they’d bought withthe bank’s money.
On March 9, Sycamore police tried to interview Hagemeier, but he asked for a lawyer, according to records.
The Feb. 27 robbery of the Jimmy John’s mirrored the bank robbery, according to court documents. Zickalso told policeshe droveHagemeiertothe Pappas Drive Jimmy John’s, where he allegedly donnedgloves, adarkcoat, a backpack and flesh-colored bandage covering hisface, records show. DeKalb police said he handed an employee a note that stated he was armed and demanded cash.
Zick reportedlytoldpolice Hagemeier returned with at least $100 in cash.
Zick is not charged in the Jimmy John’s incident, according to the DeKalb County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Hagemier is ordered to appear for a status hearingat10:30a.m. Friday. Zick is expected to appear for astatus hearingat2:30p.m.May 31.